I have several Black Walnut Trees around my yard. You have to be careful this time of year because they drop from the trees and you don't want to be under the tree when they drop. I was outside the other day and it was a bit breezy and walnuts were flying right out of the trees, in all directions. Honestly, one of these could do serious damage if you happen to get beaned in the head, ouch!
I have no idea what to do with these walnuts in this form. When we lived in Missouri, people would fill their truck beds with the walnuts they've gathered and go sell them. I remember the first time we saw this, we were driving past some sort of weigh station they had set up one weekend. Trucks were everywhere, filled to the brim with these green things that we had no idea what they were. So, we stopped and asked what was going on. One local must have thought we were ignorant "furriners" (a Missouri term for people who aren't from there. Example: "you ain't from around here are ya? You must be some sort of furriner.") lol, because he told us they were walnuts of course, but then preceeded to explain to us what walnuts are and what people use them for,lol. We thanked him for his plethora of information and drove off knowing more than we ever knew about walnuts!
Anyone want some walnuts? I've got plenty!
Je viens de la région de la Dordogne en France, le pays de la noix, j'adore cela, tu peux faire des gâteaux aux noix (attention au régime). Je me rappelle quand on aller les ramasser, on revenait avec les mains toutes noires, mais le ventre plein ;o)).
ReplyDeleteI come from the region of the Dordogne in France, the countries of the nut, I love it, you can make cakes with walnuts (attention to the regime). I remember when we go and pick up, back with their hands all black, but the belly full ;o)).
When they are unripe like these are you can pickle them. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteWould you believe if I tell you I have never seen walnuts on a tree before?!?! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe have pecans, but not this year. I will trade you.
ReplyDeleteCool Tanya! We've got them here too, well, not in my yard, but at my grandma & grandpa's farm. I'll have to ask my grandma if she did anything with them. I don't recall. I think they were more of a nuisance to her, but food for the squirrels. She used them in decorations though.
ReplyDeleteHi Tanya,
ReplyDeleteWe had them on the farm we moved from in Maryland. The walnut meat itself is very tasty if you can get the nuts cracked. It is a very time consuming job. I used to set in my basement with a hammer in hand and crack enough for cakes or cookies...but the end result was well worth it...Yummy !!!
Ann
I used to have black walnuts. They are soooo good. But not easy to crack like English walnuts. Some trees bear better black walnuts than others.
ReplyDeleteWill these lose the green and turn brown? The few walnuts we have here are very good to eat.
ReplyDeleteBunch of those trees over here as well, I've walked by them. Thanks for the heads-up on the possible danger: hadn't thought of that!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm walnuts - I'll take a few! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen them on trees either. We tend to have horse chestnuts here (known as conkers, do you call them that on your side of the Pond as well?) - with a similar overhead hazard potential! In the UK we drill holes in them, attach them to the end of a string and then bash our opponent's conker until one of them shatters. I've just learnt that in Germany they use matches to make figures with them - my brother in law made a fabulous giraffe with a few conkers and a couple of matches, it was very ingenious!
Thanks for leaving me a comment on Glasgow DP - I really appreciated your visit, and am sorry I am only now catching up with my visitors and returning to visit their blogs. Hope to see you again :)
I just emailed my grandma about the walnut trees at the farm. She's so cute! Here's her response:
ReplyDeleteThere were several black walnut trees, I do know one was lost during the storm. They have an outer covering to hammer off, then the nut is very hard to crack. There are recipes for cookies and for a cake. Aunt Dotes makes a B W cake for Bob because he enjoys it. You'll have to beat the suirrels in gathering them to........GramMarcy
I've never seen these either! So cool!! I can see why you would want to be careful walking underneath the tree though - right now, around here, the acorns are falling off the oaks and those hurt your head too!
ReplyDeleteAs a furriner, I believe I can say this with impunity:
ReplyDeleteEat them? What, are you nuts?
Great shot, Tanya.